Open AccessSarcomas de partes blandas en pacientes menores de 2 años. Serie de casos
Author(s) -
Gonzalo Magno,
José I. Albergo,
Patricia Streitenberger,
Miguel A. Ayerza,
Germán Fafalli,
Luis A. Aponte-Tinao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archivos argentinos de pediatría
Language(s) - Spanish
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1668-3501
pISSN - 0325-0075
DOI - 10.5546/aap.2020.e162
Subject(s) - medicine , adjuvant chemotherapy , sarcoma , soft tissue sarcoma , chemotherapy , amputation , surgery , soft tissue , gynecology , cancer , pathology , breast cancer
Soft tissue sarcomas in children under 2 years of age are infrequent. During 2007-2017, a total of 445 patients diagnosed with soft tissue sarcomas were treated at our institution, 6(0.5%) were under 2 years. We analysed clinical and oncologic outcomes in this select group. The mean age of diagnosis was 15 months. Four patients were male and 2 female. The mean follow-up time was 29 months. Fibrosarcoma (n = 4) was the most frequent diagnosis. Five patients were treated with limb salvage surgery, and the remaining one had to undergo amputation. All patients received adjuvant treatment with chemotherapy. The 24-month survival rate was 100 %. Two patients presented a local recurrence before 24-months followup. Surgical treatment associated with chemotherapy seems to be the best therapeutic option. Local recurrence rate after limb salvage surgery is high for this group of patients.